Chapter 380: Eight Months Later
"Stop..."
"Grab her quickly. Don’t let her get away."
"When I catch you..."
Such shouts entered Jiang Yue’s and Yu Nianzhen’s ears as soon as their bullock cart turned a corner.
With the idea of watching a good show, the two turned towards where the shouts were coming from but immediately frowned.
"This..." Jiang Yue scowled.
Ahead of their bullock cart were five male cultivators.
All five were in the origin forging realm and the most powerful was half a step into the qi transformation realm.
Unexpectedly, this group of five was chasing a little girl of about thirteen.
At first, Jiang Yue thought she was a thief but when he took a second look, he gasped in surprise.
"Do you see it?" He asked.
"Mmm." Yu Nianzhen answered.
With their cultivation, it was easy to see through the girl’s heavenly yin physique.
At the same time, it was easy to guess what the five men wanted from the little girl.
"Let’s save her." Jiang Yue decided.
Strictly speaking, the girl had nothing to do with them.
However, Jiang Yue was reluctant to leave her to her fate.
After all, he had a younger sister in his previous life.
Since they had the ability to save the little girl, he naturally wanted to save her.
"If we save her, we must save her to the end." Yu Nianzhen reminded and Jiang Yue fell silent.
He understood what Yu Nianzhen meant.
If they meddled in the affair, they had to meddle to the end.
It was not enough to save the girl once.
They had to find a good place for her to settle down.
"I know." Jiang Yue answered with a determined look in his eyes.
"It’s good if you understand." Yu Nianzhen said and rubbed his husband’s hair.
At the same time, he swung his arm and a sword light cantered towards the group of five.
The sword light did not injure them but drew a straight line in front of the men.
Seeing this, the five male cultivators turned around and looked at the two warily.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?" One of the men asked.
"Leave right away." Jiang Yue demanded.
"Leave?" Another spoke and burst into mocking laughter.
"Do you want to grab her for yourself? We saw her first and she belongs to us."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue sneered in disgust.
A heavenly yin body was an excellent furnace but neither he nor Yu Nianzhen were interested.
Even if they didn’t have an exclusive Taoist contract with each other, they despised using others to further their cultivation.
"Leave right away or I will be rude."
"Did you hear what he said? He said he will be rude to us." One of the men mocked and others laughed in contempt.
While travelling, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen hid their cultivation.
Because of this, they often encountered bandits who tried to rob them or other malicious characters who wanted to capture them for one reason or another.
In short, they were used to being looked down on and didn’t care about the five men.
"Girl, come here quickly. We will protect you." Jiang Yue said with a kind smile on his lips.
However, the girl didn’t come towards them.
Instead, she took a few steps back and looked ready to continue fleeing.
"Don’t be afraid, we are not like them. We won’t hurt you." Jiang Yue coaxed.
Unfortunately, the girl had been chased since she turned thirteen and had long learned not to trust others.
She vaguely understood that her physique was special and knew what would happen to her if she was caught.
Thinking of this, a bright light flashed in her eyes and she started running faster than before.
"Little bitch, stop right there." One of the men shouted and bolted towards the girl.
In his haste, he forgot about the previous sword light and stepped over the sword line.
However, before his body could completely step over the sword line, a silver light rose from the ground and split the man into two.
For a moment, the world fell silent.
The remaining four men took a few steps back and even the girl stopped running.
"You... you killed him." One of the male cultivators accused.
"Will you leave the girl alone or will you continue to pursue?" Yu Nianzhen asked in a cold voice.
"Leave. We will leave right away." One of the men turned around and escaped quickly.
Seeing this, the others didn’t dare to stay and immediately escaped.
"Girl, don’t be afraid." Jiang Yue softened his voice and urged the girl.
Although a thirteen-year-old was an adult in the Cangxing world, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but pity the girl.
Looking at her, it was clear that she had suffered a lot and was at the edge of collapse.
Her current appearance reminded Jiang Yue of him and Yu Nianzhen when they first arrived in the Cangxing world.
At that time, they were targeted by a trafficker and couldn’t protect themselves no matter how much they struggled.
If it were not for old man Cang, they would have been sold to a brothel or worse.
"I won’t be afraid if you stay away from me." The girl said in a weak voice.
Although she had awoken her first meridian, she hadn’t eaten for many days and her strength was almost exhausted.
"Two senior brothers, please let me go." She begged and Jiang Yue sighed.
"Okay." He finally said.
"Really?"
"You can go wherever you want."
After she heard that, the girl looked at them cautiously.
She was worried that they were lying and would attack her as soon as she turned around.
However, she couldn’t resist the urge to run away so she quickly made her decision.
"Wait." Jiang Yue stopped her when she was ready to run.
With trepidation in her eyes, the girl looked at Jiang Yue.
’As expected, they won’t let me go.’ She thought with a heart full of self-mockery.
For a moment, she thought she could escape but thinking about it now, she realised she was naïve.
Although she didn’t know the specifics of her physique, she knew it was beneficial to male cultivators.
In such a case, how could the two let her go?
Thinking that she would escape or die trying, the girl heard one of the men speak.
"Take his storage bag with you." Jiang Yue said and pointed at the body on the ground.
"I will also give you three teleportation talismans to save your life." He continued and three talismans floated towards the girl.
After that, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen settled on their bullock cart and drove away.
"Everyone has their own fate." Yu Nianzhen said and rubbed Jiang Yue’s hair.
"Mmm." Jiang Yue agreed.
Although they planned to help the girl, they couldn’t force her to accept their help.
In that case, they could only do what they could and continue on their way.
After all, they were strangers without too many entanglements...
"The Death Flower Ascension Front has been eliminated but the world has become rougher." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
"A lot of cultivators died in the war. At the moment, the powerful forces are reorganising and don’t have time to bother with the little people."
"It’s a pity." Jiang Yue said but didn’t dwell on it.
It was eight months since they began their journey.
In that time, they encountered many injustices and evils.
When they could, they stood up to help but some situations were helpless.
Faced with such situations, the two could only sigh and continue their journey.
"We are about to enter Frost Lake City." Yu Nianzhen said.
Frost Lake City was one of the major cities in the Ice Palace sect region.
It was also the first major city that they came across since they began their journey.
"Frost Lake City is known for its ice crystals and frost fish." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
"It’s said that frost fish are very delicious."
"Greedy cat." Yu Nianzhen chuckled and his eyes softened as he looked at the man beside him.
"We should get some ice crystals for the mistress." Jiang Yue said.
"Although Frost Lake City is known for its ice crystals, the truth is that the quantity is pitiful. There may not be one crystal in ten years."
"Are they so rare?" Jiang Yue was surprised.
Unlike Yu Nianzhen who liked to read and accumulate knowledge, Jiang Yue didn’t bother.
Most of what he knew was what he came across and not what he intentionally strived to find out.
"They are very rare." Yu Nianzhen confirmed.
From what he read, one low-grade ice crystal was equivalent to ten thousand peak-grade spirit stones.
Most importantly, the places where ice crystals often appeared were controlled by major forces.
If ordinary people wanted to get them, they could only count on their luck.
"Let’s leave it to luck then." Jiang Yue said and shifted his focus to frost fishes.
